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George Reginald Anderson "Ted" Bowerman (November 3, 1930 – December 20, 2007) was a farmer, civil servant and political figure in
Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
. He represented Shellbrook from 1967 to 1982 in the
Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan The Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan () is the legislative chamber of the Saskatchewan Legislature in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. Bills passed by the assembly are given royal assent by the lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan, in the ...
as a
New Democratic Party The New Democratic Party (NDP; , ) is a federal political party in Canada. Widely described as social democratic,The party is widely described as social democratic: * * * * * * * * * * * * * The Editors of ''Encyclopædia Britann ...
(NDP) member. He was born north of
Shellbrook, Saskatchewan Shellbrook is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada about west of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Prince Albert. The population of the town was 1,433 in 2011. Saskatchewan Highway 3, Highways 3, Saskatchewan Highway 40, 40, and Saskatchewan Highway 55 ...
in 1930, the son of
Edward LeRoy Bowerman Edward LeRoy Bowerman (June 2, 1892 – February 17, 1977) was a Canadian politician and farmer. He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 1945 Canadian federal election as a member of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation for ...
and Laura Rosalee Anderson, and was educated in local schools and by taking correspondence courses. In 1959, Bowerman married Dagmar Alma Louise Christiansen. He farmed and was also employed in the Saskatchewan public service. Bowerman also served as chair of the Prince Albert Community Health Clinic Board. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister responsible for Indians and Métis, as Minister of Mineral Resources, as Minister of Natural Resources and as Minister of Environment. Bowerman was defeated by Lloyd Muller when he ran for reelection to the Saskatchewan assembly in 1982 and again in 1986. He died in a car crash in Alberta at the age of 77.


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